Rhetoric
They Say I Say will be a book that we use for a majority of our writing practice. I will provide their writing templates in class for you to begin to use in your writing every day.
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They Say I Say |
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Essential Questions |
Skills
- read closely for text details
- annotate texts to support comprehension and analysis
- participate in evidence-based discussions
- collect & organize evidence to support writing
- make claims about texts using text evidence
- use vocabulary strategies to determine meaning
- analyze author's craft
- paraphrase and quote relevant evidence
Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle
Before we can begin to truly analyze WHY/HOW people say/advertise the way they do, we first must gain an exceptional understanding of the key vocabulary, concepts, and ideologies of rhetoric in general.
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Rhetorical Analysis Assignment
The description of the assignment can be found here.
A link to the videos you can select from are here.
A link to the videos you can select from are here.
Vocabulary
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FALLACY TYPES
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Logical Fallacies.pptx | |
File Size: | 125 kb |
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Rhetorical Devices.pdf | |
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Letter from Birmingham Jail
letter_from_birmingham.pdf | |
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Analyzing Speeches as Arguments - essay
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The story of Tilikum, a captive killer whale that has taken the lives of several people, underscores problems within the sea-park industry, man's relationship to nature, and how little has been learned about these highly intelligent mammals. |
SEAWORLD RESPONDS
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Let's Throw Shamu a Retirement Party |
Published on May 25, 2015
Dr. Naomi Rose presents at the TEDxBend Conference to discuss how "the family structure of orcas is destroyed by captivity, and [how] its time to return them to their world, the ‘real” sea world, instead of forcing them to live in ours." |
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*header image from Dr. Naomi Rose's TEDxBend talk "Let's Throw Shamu a Retirement Party!"